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Confirmed: a study of more than 2,400 genomes reveals that the first humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago... and that they may have coexisted with prehistoric “hobbits”
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (783+ words) Home - Science - Confirmed: a study of more than 2,400 genomes reveals that the first humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago" and that they may have coexisted with prehistoric "hobbits" For years, scientists argued over timing. One camp favored a later arrival…...
The 75-ton Argentinosaurus could not run at all, and the study states that they were slow and heavy and barely exceeded 6 miles per hour
1+ week, 6+ day ago (406+ words) Home - Science - The 75-ton Argentinosaurus could not run at all, and the study states that they were slow and heavy and barely exceeded 6 miles per hour Picture a herd of massive dinosaurs or woolly mammoths thundering across the landscape at…...
A giant tortoise, extinct for over a century, has reappeared alive after several failed expeditions, reviving a historic plan to save the species, a symbol of evolution
2+ week, 1+ day ago (822+ words) Home - Environment - A giant tortoise, extinct for over a century, has reappeared alive after several failed expeditions, reviving a historic plan to save the species, a symbol of evolution A giant tortoise that scientists once filed under "extinct for more…...
A “pre-sapiens” in China 300,000 years ago: a juvenile jawbone that blends archaic traits with nearly modern features
2+ week, 1+ day ago (817+ words) Home - Science - A "pre-sapiens" in China 300,000 years ago: a juvenile jawbone that blends archaic traits with nearly modern features A 300,000-year-old jawbone from a cave in eastern China is quietly reshaping what scientists thought they knew about our origins. Fresh…...
Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (654+ words) Home - Environment - Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist That means this river was already…...
A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map
3+ week, 4+ day ago (742+ words) Home - Science - A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map If you imagine the last days of…...
You enter Mammoth Cave looking for darkness... and encounter sharks: a park ranger discovers fossils of 10–12-foot predators that swam here 325 million years ago on the ceiling of this cave
4+ week, 1+ day ago (589+ words) Home - Science - You enter Mammoth Cave looking for darkness" and encounter sharks: a park ranger discovers fossils of 1012-foot predators that swam here 325 million years ago on the ceiling of this cave Most visitors step into Kentucky's Mammoth Cave for…...
It was first spotted by environmental police, and a week later science arrived. The video of orange-and-black fish climbing wet rock is already being called a historic discovery
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (739+ words) Home - Trending - It was first spotted by environmental police, and a week later science arrived. The video of orange-and-black fish climbing wet rock is already being called a historic discovery A routine observation near a police headquarters in Brazil has…...
The story seemed perfect: for 70 years, these vertebrae were touted as the “youngest mammoth” in Alaska, and the twist comes when science decides to review them from scratch
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (846+ words) Home - Science - The story seemed perfect: for 70 years, these vertebrae were touted as the "youngest mammoth" in Alaska, and the twist comes when science decides to review them from scratch For years, museum visitors and researchers alike thought they were…...
A landslide on an English beach uncovered something impossible: a millipede the size of a car that lived before the dinosaurs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (531+ words) Home - Science - A landslide on an English beach uncovered something impossible: a millipede the size of a car that lived before the dinosaurs Today Northumberland is cool and windswept. During the late Carboniferous, the same region sat near the equator…...